NOI | HACKATHON | NOI Hackathon SFSCON Edition

Hackathon

24 hours of hacking, collaborating, co-creating, and developing

About

NOI Hackathon SFSCON Edition

NOI Hackathon SFSCON Edition is a 24-hour event that brings together creatives and developers to conceive new ideas and projects.

24 hours of hacking, collaborating, co-creating, and developing for (currently secret) topics that will be revealed at the start of the Hackathon.

Generate new ideas in a team. This one is for creative people, creators, developers, designers, data experts, entrepreneurs, tech geeks, coding lovers… of any level and with any background – just get involved!

And, yes, we have prizes for our winners but the aim of the event is to inspire, so if you are on the fence about a career in tech, get involved and give it a go.

What should I bring?
Your laptop and creativity!
You may take a power nap: bring your sleeping bag!
Is the event free of charge?
Yes, participation in the NOI Hackathon is completely free of charge.
Will there be food?
Absolutely! We’ll provide breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, all free of charge.
Can I join alone?
Yes! You can come alone but you need to join a team of 2 to 4 people.
What language should I speak?
The official language of the event is English. You should feel comfortable communicating in basic business English.
How will teams be created?
Some participants come already as a team but teams can also be formed during the event!
Do I have the skills to participate?
Most likely, yes! Whether you're a developer, designer, creative, data expert or entrepreneur, there's space for your skills at the hackathon.
How is the jury composed?
The jury can have a mix of developers, entrepreneurs, designers, data experts...
Take a look to the profile of jury members to understand their background.
How will our work be evaluated?
Your project will be evaluated based on:
- the code, which must be published in a central Git repository provided by the organisers;
- a 3-minute final presentation, including 1 minute to introduce the team and context, and 2 minutes focused on a live demo.
Where should we upload our code?
All teams are required to use the central Git repository provided by the organisers.
This ensures that all submitted projects remain accessible and openly available after the event. You will receive access and instructions at the beginning of the hackathon.
Only projects submitted to the official repository will be eligible for evaluation.
How can I have info about challenges?
Information about the challenge will be presented at the beginning of the hackathon and then mentors will be available to answer your questions.
How can we check-in to the platform?
Once the hackathon has started, go to hackathon.bz.it/secure/register and follow the steps. After registration, you can log in at hackathon.bz.it/secure/login.

Schedule

Day 1 Friday 7th November
13.00 Check-in
14.00 Opening and participants pitches
15.00 Kick-off: time starts!
15.05 Prize criteria presentation by supporters
17.00 Coffee Break
18.00 First presentation round
19.30 Dinner
Nighttime hacking (bring your sleeping bag for power napping!)

Day 2 Saturday 8th November
7.00 Breakfast
10.00 Second presentation round
12.00 Lunch
15.00 Time ends
15.05 Project presentation time
16.00 Jury retires to vote
16.05 Aperitivo
16.30 Winner proclamation

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Projects

Prizes

win an Amazon Gift Card

Offered by Infominds AG

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You and your team will receive a 1.000 € Amazon Gift card (total amount for the team)

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Tech4Transparency: Innovating the Sustainability Report
Develop digital solutions that make sustainability reporting more transparent, accessible, and interactive, improving how organizations collect, analyze, and communicate theirESG impacts.

Design a tech prototype (App, dashboard, platform, or AI tool) that addresses one of the following goals:

1. Data Automation & ESG Tracking → Solutions to automatically collect environmental/social data from various sources (IoT, ERP, APIs) and generate periodic reports.
2. Interactive Sustainability Report → Turn the sustainability report into an interactive, visual, and accessible experience (e.g.ESG dashboards for stakeholders, digital storytelling).
3. AI for Transparency and Verification → Artificial intelligence tools to analyze, verify, or benchmark ESG data against industry standards.
4. Engagement & Education → Apps or tools that raise awareness among employees or citizens about their individual contribution to corporate or territorial sustainability goals.
Win a monni card

Offered by KONVERTO AG

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You and your team will receive a 1.000 € monni card (total amount for the team)

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EnviroSense
“AI-powered employee assistant that estimates workplace-related carbon footprints and gamifies sustainable behavior“
This smart, employee-focused platform helps organizations make sustainability an engaging part of everyday work. By analyzing mobility, travel, and workspace patterns, it estimates individual and team CO₂ footprints. Employees receive personalized, contextual suggestions—like using public transport, scheduling home-office days, or minimizing business travel—delivered through an intuitive chat interface or dashboard.

Hackathon Goal
Build an MVP that demonstrates how AI-driven insights and gamification can empower employees to make measurable, sustainable choices turning awareness into collective climate action.

Why It Matters
By focusing on human behavior and data-driven transparency, SustainAI transforms sustainability from a corporate metric into a shared cultural value reducing emissions, fostering responsibility, and strengthening team spirit.

Core Values
Passion – Inspire through engaging experiences
Future – Build a smarter, greener workplace
Culture – Encourage teamwork and shared responsibility
Responsibility – Turn small actions into measurable impact
win an Amazon Gift Card

Offered by Telmekom

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In this challenge, participants will build an app, dashboard, or web interface that connects to a server exposing APIs for interacting with different classes of robots. The data available includes both live and static information, and teams are free to decide how best to use it. Each team will also have the chance to test their solution as a proof of concept with real robots from their chosen class, during scheduled time slots. All projects must be open-source to encourage sharing and learning.